The Oklahoma State Capital. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 20, No. 147, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XX
FRIDAY MORNING,
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1S08
FRIDAY MORNING,
DEPARTMENT
Wright Aeroplane Is
Wrecked v
ti*
<e
Killed
REFUSED TO TAKE THE JUMP
Lieutenant Selfridge Dies From* .juries While Orville Wright
May Not Recover, Propeller Blade Stopped
Washington, D. C. Sept. 17.—After having drawn the attention
nt the world to his aeroplane flights at Port Myer and having m-
tablished new worlds records forheavier-than-air, flying machines
Expense of Running fifteen times Orville Wright today met with a tragical mishap while making ;i
as large as under Republicans
OYER 158 EMPLOYED
Lid Placed on State Records so
That Taxpayers Can Not Te'J
What is Becoming of Their
Money—Costs the State "N ot i
two man flight. The aero pianist was accompanied by Lieutena t
1 homas E. Selfridge, of the signal .corps of the army. Lieutenant
Selfridgo was fatally injured and died at 8:10 o'clock tonight.
Mr. Wright was seriously injur ed but is expected to recover.
While the machine was circling the
drill grounds a propeller blade snapped
off and hitting some other part of the
mechanism caused it to over turn in
the air and fall to the ground envelop
Less Than $160,000 to CoMact'^ ^
School Rental End Interest-— i field to where the aeroplane had fa 1 -
Ten Men Did the Work Eefore a^8t„ed in.!,ft,,nfi ?Ir- Wri*ht
Fearful that tho people of the state
might be told the truth regarding the
condition of state finances; the number
ot' men in the employ of the state and
that comparisons showing the increased
cost of operating a stale government ov >.i
a tcritorial form of government, with
republican officials might be made, word
has been passed alone: the line of state
employes to put on "the lid" and as a
result persons wishing to secure informa-
tion regarding affairs of state are in-
formed that the books are not available.
During tho past two weeks every «11-
deavor ha® been made to secure informa-
tion regarding the cost of maintenance
of tlie school land department, the num-
ber of employes and the amount of money
now being handled.
Every effort to secure informataion
from the books of tho office proved a
failure. It was discovered that books
which were wanted for reference wert,
"In use."
That there are at least 150 men in the
employ of the school land department
whose services cost the state rtbt loss
than $150,000 is admitted, but no One •
secure a complete list of the employes
nor the amount of salary paid each au- |
polntee.
BUT TEN OFFICIALS.
This is an expense to the state in ox- j
and Lieutenant Selfridge- from under
the tangled mass of machinery.
Mr. Wright was conscious and said:
"Oh, hurry and lift the motor."
Lieutenant Selfridge was unconsci-
ous. His head was covered with blood
and he was choking when the soldiers
extricated him from under the ma-
chine.
Dr. Watters, a New York physican
was one of the first to reach the spot
and rendered first aid to tho Injured
men. When their wounds had been
bandaged Mr. Wright and Lieutenant
Selfridge were taken to the Fort Myer
hospital at the other end of the field.
nature of injuries.
Mr. Wright had lapsed Into state
of semi-consciousness by the time the
reached the hospital while the Lieu-
tenant Selfridgo did not regain con-
sciousness at all. He was suffering
from a fracture at the base of the skull
and was In a critical condition. Af-
tor a hurried surgical examination it
was announced that Mr. Wilght was
not dangerously injured, he is suffering
from a fracture of his left thigh and
several ribs on the right side are frac-
tured.
Both men received deep cuts about
tho head. Mr. Wright regained con-
fess of the territorial government und«
republicans, of $135,U00 for running this j sciousness shortly
department. i Two thousand persons were at th
It must be considered that the state \ aeronautical grounds at Fort
received in rentals ami interest <ach
year the aum of $1,000,000. Under the
old territorial government it cost the „ ., . . ,, , ,
t rrltory not in excess of on.- and ^ w°uld take Lieutenant
per cent to collect this r
Myer
iiis afternoon.
Mr. Wright announced several days
ie and one-half . . . , „
ntal and inter- r,f]*e who Is Secretary
quickly from the ground as on prev-
ious two-man lllghts. Lieutenant
Selfridge weighed about 175 pounds,
making the weight greater than the
machine had ever carried before.
After lifting over the ground on its
runners for thirty feet, the machine
rose gradually and had gained a height
of forty feet when it passed over the
starting apparatus for the first time.
There was a six mile wind. The aero-
plan Ists however, apparently had con-
trol of the aerial flyer, which rose to
a height of seventy-flve feet as it com
pleted the second round of the field.
The height was maintained on the
third round.
SOMETHING FELL.
While the machine was turning at
tho southern end of the field, several
thousand feet from the spectators.
someone shouted: "What Is thut?
something fell."
Immediately all eyes were on the
aeroplane and It was seen to turn over
<>n Its left sic* ^ and pausing a moment,
made a complete turn and then came
to the earth In a cloud of dust. No
effort on the part of the aviator could
'possibly have averted the accident.
Plafaes and rudder* were absolutely
Incapable of righting the machine
when it had turned In that manner.
Spectators and soldiers and officials!
ran across the field. It was fully a
minute before any one reached thq
tangled mass.
AN ANXIOUS MOMENT.
The mounted soldiers formed a cor-
don around the wreckage while others
frenzledly endeavored to lift the heavy
mass of machinery and wod that pin- Judge Linn of the state election board
ioned Wright and Selfridge to the ' 'day received a petition signed by sorw
grounfl. . •■' vb '■ ot Wttfc ' i.i • county request
A piece of the wooden framework was ln* that t,,e supreme ele \i >n board
broken off as a half dozen men endeavor j authorize the holding in that county of
If Jed to fre.> the injured men. As soon as jinventions of the various parti 's to non-
SoKms?
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EH DOR
NUMBER
Ifl EFFECT
Federal Judge Cotteral Declare!
Injunction Operative
MEYER SAY3 FORFEITED
Attorney General West Asks Con.
tinuance of the Case Becau.-sa
Governor s Office Held Papers
The hearing In the case agnmsi tho
Fri. o railway invoking the law providing
thatl attempt to trdnsrer use liom «iu
state courts into the federal
for he.ring yesterday, was co
Judge Cotteral, of the federal
irts
rt.
of Attorney
tie
>a i
Ml 19 HOLD
J
Wagoner County Desires Chance
to Elect a County Attorney
—Tangle Which May Have to
Go to the Court
money and the work was done by 1 experiment association and himself In
less than ten officials. Now it costs tho np*t flight. He was delighted to
■ate of Oklahoma th«< sum of 1150,000 to have an opportunity to fly in tho aero-
< -fleet this money and administer to the plane. He was to leave Saturday for
affairs of the office, a sum equal to 15 St. Joseph Mo where
sist
of the aerial ', he freed they were taken to!inale
lldate
for
attorney.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2: COLUMN 4.
SETS DUCKET
was to as-
Lieutcnant Foulers in operating
the Baldwin airship at the coming
army maneuvers.
commencement of flight.
After Mr. "Wright told him to get in
the machine. Selfridge took ofT his coat
and hat and took his place In the ex-
{tra seat next to that occupied by Mr.
1 Wright, the latter started th« motors
by moans of a storage battery, his as
slstants. Taylor and Furnass, turning "Mr.
on side and persons from the crowd ofjThe petition stipulates that the attorney
pectalors went to their aid. (elected resigned July 9th and that then
As soon as possible Mr. Wright and 'l was t0,) late lo petitions for nom-
.leutennnt Selfridge wore laid on stretch- i'nation before the primary.
rs and carried to the hostdtal. The board of county commissioners ap-
As the gasoline tank had been plerc?d 'Panted an attorney to complete the un-
when the machine cra«hed to the ground, "P'red term and according to om> Inter-
was great danger that some per- notation of the constitution he should
might .-ome too near with a lighted h'),d 0VGr unt"
cigar or cigarette and add an explosi in ' The slrtte election law provides thai
disaster. Solders, however, kept when ,n the Judgment of the election
wd at a safe distance. j board there is not sufficient time for a
A' «:,ft o'clock Major Prosbv. Major primary, party (inventions may be
Ireland and Captain Bailey, the armv tailed, this being th, grounds upon which
n« attended the Injured men and the petition from Wagoner county
gave out the following: based. Hut again the constitution ex-
EXTENT OF INJURIES. pressly states that official copies of the
BE ISSUE!)
the propellors to tret them going,
'he aeroplane was released
Arguments to be Held Moad y 'l w"s m",ced "mt " dW m" rls'
—Regular Cases Set for Sep.
tember 28
Wright ha* fractured tho left ballots must he prepared Sept.
At thigh, he was much shocked but has
Short Session for Habeas Corpus 1,4 t,1fJ "^'"P'ane was released and acted well. Lieutenant Selfridge receive
a „ , it was noticed that it did not rls,. «s —~———-
ON PAGE 2; COLUMN
The
habeas
state «rlmlnnl court of appeal
\vill convene Monday, September 21
purpose of hearing arguments in
corpus cases. The regular term
will be convened September 28. Tho
docket was announced us follows:
September 28—(Plaintiffs named all
Fnlted States.) J. R. Roper, G. W.
Oeen, Dan Price et ah. Charles Keys,
Thomas Slater.
September —Sam*'. Campbell George,
M. W. McDanlel, JV. T- Cave, ex parte,
Horace H. Tosklns. Arthur Hensley, Jo
Vlckers.
September .'50— William Srhroedes v .
State, Will Johnson vs. State, Henry
Weston vs. Oklahoma Territory, S. C.
Cavette vs. Same, Moses Wells, same,
George Aldorinan. same.
October 1—'W. p. price vs. Territory;
Bryan !b-e<jn same; Jim WilkhiB, same;
Lesley Yandel, same; Kid Kelley, same.
Railroads, Telephone, Light
Companies' Valuation Filed
The assessed valuation of public ser-
vice corporations In Logan county was
certified to County Clerk Fred Morgan
yesterday by the state board of equali-
zation.
The valuation of the Aatehison, Topeka
Santa Pe In the oiunty, orpjitlng tho'
Ea?t«*rn hk'lahonvi line. pijicc(i at :t • .
025.121, as follows:
Main lino, 3J.28 mlleg nf mal„ lino
track, 5(5,000 li milo. J1.497,600 JO 04
mlln of Hl.lt- track nl B.ooo rr.r nillc,
$911,240; valuation of buildings $f 9 o<r,•
\ alua talon of Pullman Palace cars $'< til'-
mputed at the rat^ of $27!. per mil ^
total valuation. $16f)3,«2r .
Enid branch. 28.7.1 miles of main lino
I track at .523.000 a
[miles of side track
mile. $600,790; 2.11
it $5,000 a mile, $10.. j
election commission, and that aftetr
that time no further names may be per-
mitted to appear.
CERMAN- AMERICAN
PRESS ASSN. MEETS
Cedar Ra.pids, Iowa., Sept. 17— Editors
and publishers of Genrrm newspapers in
St. Louis, Omaha, Chicago and other cit-
ies gather hero tomorrow for the annual
J session of the German-American Press
Indiana Law Makers in
Special Session Today
&00; building', valued at $12,860, making ' Assiclatlon of the West. I'aj:
8 I0t®' .of .|6*5'6!)0 the Enid branch |dres«rea and discussions on top
«i i; 2.S9 Up the prngrnmmo ef tin
$14,450,
fSouthern PreM Association.)
Indianapolis, Ind. .Sept. IV—Coming as
does on the eve of the election the
proceeding! of the Indiana legislature,
which convenes in special He*slon tornor-
"W, will be watched with more than >r-
/linary Interest. The ostensible object of
• •> - •
agv. HANLY OF INDIANA.
Governor Manly In calling the extraor-
dinary session was to provide for ii .es-
sary appropriations to carry on th,. busi-
ness of the state and, what Is regarded as
ot even greater importune*, to take a c-
tion in the "night rider" troubles .it
southern Indiana. The governor declares
that tho conditions that have existed
there have bordered on a state of anarchy
and he tears that the troubles ar0 about
to recur, as tho season for cutting the
tobacco crop Is close at hand.
Other subjects will be taken up by the
legislature, however, and the politicians
oi: both parties are speculating more „n
these matters of prospective legislation
H in on tho action that may be taken In
regard lo appropriations and the tobac-
co raiders.
The democrats are preparing to make
i fight for sevoral measures, and thi-lr
attitude toward the governor's bills prob-
ably will be determined by what the u -
publlcans concede to them. They will
make a great play at the special sessi in
against so-called extravagance and waste
In the state dmlnlstratlon, and while it
m not expected that anything will be tc-
eompllsMed In fhe matter I ho discussion
may have an Important bearing on the
present campaign. The democrats will
demand the repeal of the metropolitan
police l"w and the enactment of « law
guranteelng deposits in stalo banks.
the democratic platform declares r« r lo-
cal option with tho township or ward as
the unit, the democrats will oppose the
county unit plan of Qovesnor
Guthrie branch to Cashion, 21.*7 miles ! t!ci,ar interest to Vh
main track at $21,530 a mile. $466 ' - - 1 llcm,lr lntPrf,st th
mile- of % track at $'..000,
bulldlnMs % .. making a total of $489.
Seward branch, 10.(10 mlle8 main line
track at $19,33o a milo $194,686; .7:1 mile
side track $2,190; buildings $2,050.
The assessed valuation of the Pioneer
'• ' graph company In thh county
city Is glvn at $85,784 of which $
i's th" valuation placed upon the valuntl n
of the company's property In the city
The valuation of the Guthrie Light
and Power company is placed at $55,000,
while the Guthrie Gns, Light and Fuei
company Is valued at $.11,000. The valu-
ation of the Postal Telegraph company
of Texas, Is 3,840.
The state board has not certified any
other assessments against public si
corporations to the county clerk
cs of par-
>ress mako
■etinff.
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Sentenced to Life Imprison-
ment for the Murder of
Young Besiiiilossom i?i
iyOi-Tiie Evidence Was
Circumstantial
Th-- state pardon board today reoom-
mended to Acting Governor Bellamy that
pardon be granted Georsre Moran, a half
breed Chickasaw Indian, sentenced at
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2; COLUMN 6-
West. The court held that the
,riB ordet prohibiting the forfeiture of lbs
. liar *« of the roi d should run until Oct.
17, at which tlm* the cuae will be elthor
trle«i ni Itk< merits or the road will make
an appeal for an Injunction pending trial.
Acting Secretary of KLatt. Meyer is
strenuous in his declaration.-; thut tie
road's chapter ik altviuly forfeited In view
of his action of* August so declaring,
wnlle the rouil ontends that the chsr'er
canuot be considered as forfeited because
liefor« official notice was sejve.i i,oon 'ii0
officials, JodKe Cotteral s restraining or-
der was se- iired. The court s rulln r that
restraint should run Indicates that the
court is of a different mind on that point
of th© conentlon.
Attorney General West yesterday «ald
that he was forced to aak a continuance
of the case because the pupers In tho
case had not been turned over to hlr.i
Irorn the governor's office until yester-
day, one day before the hearing was
scheduled.
wne
STATE MILITIA
n v mtCQTinti!
Y i\ U III r.llllMV - oi-titutlonallty of th.. law ivorh g
B 11 1 OiJIwO U M ill il f" ^h°w that it in in c-.ntr.. 'on of
X 1 the regulatlonn of lnter-state < orrun-r.^e.
Adjutant General Decides that1
Guardsmen Shall Receive the J
Same Salary When in Service
as the Regular Army
In an opinion delivered today to Adju-
tant General Canton of the slate national
Kuard, the attorney general holds that
hen called Into active service, the state
national guard is entitled to receive p«t
diem compensation for the time of the
service. This opinion was called for In
the matter of the mayor of Pawnee call-
Ing out of Company HJ for patrol duty to
safeguard property during the disas-
trous the of Dec. S. 1907.
The opinion further provides that tne
pay of militiamen above noncommissioned
officers shall be commensurate to that
received by federal army officers while
■ n'isted men shall receive $2.00 per day
and subsistence for the period of ser-
The roatl claims that "e r\- \ ; er's
notion was merely a th eat to revoke t!i lr
chart« , while ho stoutly maintains thrt
am the Inw provides r.o set procedure
in such an event, his action was to tto
effect of declaring the charter forfeited.
COMING
(SET BUSY
Every Nation on Earth
to Battle White Plague
Slemers of Cabinet Get
for Work
SettleJ
THEV GET BACK EARLY
WEATHER
Associated Preys.
Washington, Sept. 17 F
®nd ^ oklahoma: Partly clou-K
' + and Friday; not much eh.
temperature.
onlght
ige In
Washington, Sept. 17—Many distin-
guished physicians, sociologists and men
3f prominence In other walks of life .1re
alreudy In the national capital to tako
part In next week's World's Congress on
Tuberculosis. Every great nation of the
Mirth will have representation at the
meeting and will add Its Iniluanre to the
Jtowment for a world-wide warfare on
>e white plague.
Hundreds of exhibits pertaining to the
anti-tuberculosis campaign are now be
ng installed. Among the results that are
xpected to follow from th«s« exhibits
are mentioned:
Sanitary dwelllm
for the working t
Santtnh- pisAcngcr boeches.
Advanced nn,i accurate Instruction of
-h' ol children in the methods of pre-
fntlng consumption.
Kradlcatl. n 0 ftul ercuiosis In cattle.
(3or h ruction of the mo t advar. a
matorin the world has ever known.
,sociologists assert that, through fids c<>n-
Kiea.s -iiiil uh a direct result < f the prlz«
• •ompetltloTis, the flt for the eradica-
tion of consumption In this country will
be advanced many years.
The prises thai are offered will pit na-
municipalities and individuals
against e.,ci «41.. .. The; will devi-n.p !
tillties that will protect ihe healthy, heal '!,at hMS
the sick, decrease the nation's death ra
tnd add to the national wealth.
As this congress will clips., an ,,t!
rs <.f Its kind over held anywhere •
iocs the list of prise-; smp;i.ss in \'alt
New Trust Buster WOl be in
Charge of the Department cf
Justice—Bonaparte will Hav*
Much to Keep Him Busy for
Weeks
Washington, Sep
t. U7—"The
k —get busy*" This Is
been passed about
and house furnltu
workshops.
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Aged Comet Pays Visit
to the United States
New York, Sept 17-Wlth Ihe first Im-
portant game, that between the Carlls.o
Indians ami Albright College, scheduled
for tomorrow .th* pj.is foot bull season in
the East will be formally opened. Ac-
cording to reports, tho redskins eltsven
Is this year unusually Strong and will
llkvly make a good showing.
Not until a week fropi tomorrow, Se;)t.
(Southern Press Association.)
Washington, Sept 17-Astronomers at
the Naval Observatory are not paying
much attention to the return of Halley's
comet, which Is now approaching the
earth. ThJ« comet make.*: an appearance
every seventy-flve years, and I" the oil
*- t celestial wanderer known to eirth-
poople, having been observed, according
to old records, previous to the beginning
of the Christian era. Sclent lib observa-
tions since the Inception of the modem | burniri
lenco « f astronomy show that Its oioit pr ,.<Mi
varied little and that it may be confident- 1
ly expected according to schedule time.
Wiille Washington astronomers arc not
taking; observations, several western ob-
servatories have made preparationsmt i
rhot,graph the eoniet. and should thdf
efforts develop anything of value, the Na-
val observatory will later take up tne
comet quest.
With the announcement of every re-
turning comet. sup'Tstltitoua people Im-
mediately begin to entertain absurd fears
of what might happen in case of a col-
lision While not denying that such >a
collision Is possible, and that conditions
ight develop which would render It dis-
astrous. most astronomers assert thit
•eh s dl-nsf^r Is so remote as to heal
icst unthinkable.
WAH WARTTI CONHUMICD
•vrunc sciential* believe lhat life was ex-
tinguished on the earth more than one*
by fire* generated by comets and
growth
A comet, in brief,
planet which haw en
rapidly through spnc*
It generates enormou
going throug
ry
anu an
and
f all work have I
durinsr ti e last
lent 1
id his Tamil*
day
srrengtl
JUDGE RO^INETT 13
making strong srnsch
it id ;1 'p. n. Kobn
mad ..
n th
ill reap the flrst fruits
Physician* and
1 fa ml
nd Ilitb official
und that
stmeMer
Ivan
repubii
all t
hinks t
ticket th
bit of
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Acting Oovernor Hellamv today Issued
official proclamations declaring
vlllo and Durant the winners In ti
cent county seat stations In Hug
Bryan counties.
Th . vote in Hryan county
perhaps thousandi
head, carrlei
ntmosphere
< It for some dhtance and
"in behind It for hundreds of th-"
of miles. This forms what in known as
the "tall" of tho comet.
Homo cometk have be-n declared
have talis millions of m l in length
whh h stretch across the heavens
Meteorites, which ore fragments of
comets, have destroyed ships .it -<*v and
made hugo holes In the eirth. Vliny .,r
thfo have fallen In the sou'nwest, which
seems to be a favorite place .'or Meteor-
ites, and the desert of Arlsona Is pi |
with holes which many miners believo
wore ifiade by such visitors.
ONE PEL1 IT
Th.. earth came In eoptact with the
tall of a comet on June V. lxffl. The 'all
was 1T.H degrees long Many A people
thought It caused tho Civil war Th-
comot appoared low down toward th
horison In tho northwest and wont over
to tho southwest. The whole heavens its
them are only ISO degrees
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